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\v 1 I am Nahum, from the village of Elkosh. This is a message about the city of Nineveh, a message that Yahweh gave me in a vision.
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\v 2 Yahweh our God tolerates no rival gods to himself.
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He is very angry with those who worship other gods,
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and he continues to be angry with his enemies.
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\v 3 Yahweh does not quickly become angry;
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but he is very powerful,
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and he will never say that his enemies are innocent.
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Wherever he walks, there are whirlwinds and storms,
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and clouds are like the dust stirred up by his feet.
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\v 4 When he commands oceans and rivers to become dry,
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they dry up.
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He causes the grass to wither in the fields in the region of Bashan and on the slopes of Mount Carmel,
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and causes the flowers in Lebanon to fade.
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\v 5 When he appears, it is as though the mountains shake and the hills melt;
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the earth quakes, and the people on the earth tremble.
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\v 6 There is no one who can resist him when he becomes extremely angry;
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there is no one who can survive when his anger is very hot.
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When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like a blazing fire,
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and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces.
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\v 7 But he is good;
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he protects us, his people, when we experience troubles.
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He takes care of those who trust in him.
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\v 8 But he will get rid of his enemies;
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he will be to them like a flood that destroys everything.
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He will chase his enemies
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into the darkness of the place where the dead are.
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\v 9 So it is useless for you people of Nineveh to plot against Yahweh.
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He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you;
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he will destroy you by striking you only once.
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\v 10 It will be as though his enemies are tangled in thorns
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and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine.
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It will be as though they will be burned up like dry stubble.
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\v 11 In Nineveh there was a man who advised people to do very wicked things against Yahweh.
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\v 12 But this is what Yahweh says to you Israelites:
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\pi "Although the people of Assyria have very many people and their army is very powerful,
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they will be destroyed and will disappear.
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I say to my people in Judah,
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I have already punished you,
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but I will not punish you again.
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\v 13 Now I will cause the people of Assyria to no longer enslave you;
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it will be as though I will tear off the shackles on your hands and feet."
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\v 14 And this is what Yahweh also declares about you people of Nineveh:
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\pi "You will not have any descendants who will continue to have your family names.
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And I will destroy all the statues of your gods
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that were carved or formed in molds.
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I will cause you to be killed and sent to your graves,
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because you are vile!"
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\v 15 You people of Judah. Look! A messenger will come across the mountains,
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and he will bring good news to you.
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He will declare that you will now have peace.
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So celebrate your festivals,
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and do what you solemnly promised to do when your enemies were threatening to attack you,
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because your wicked enemies will not invade your country again,
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because they will be completely destroyed.
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